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December 31, 2020
Annual Music Industry Predictions For 2021 On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast
No guest on the podcast this week, but you’ll find plenty to listen to as I give my top predictions for what will happen next year in the music industry. We’ll look at a wide variety of topics including: How music venues adapt to the new world Live streaming The many facets of the TikTok story Facebook getting […]
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December 30, 2020
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Let’s Ban These Tech Words In 2021
We’ve heard some of these tech words and phrases so much that they now hold no meaning, so it’s time to stop using them. Yep, tech words, phrases, and jargon have now seeped in the music business (especially music tech), but we can save ourselves in the new year with a little awareness. Below is […]
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December 29, 2020
Make Your Online Life Easier With Facebook Business Suite
If you’re a musician or artist selling merch, you know how powerful Facebook and Instagram can be. That said, it’s a pain to have to individually post to both as it takes twice the time. Facebook does have an app to make this job easier and it’s called the Facebook Business Suite. Business Suite incorporates […]
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December 25, 2020
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A Merry And Happy (And Safe) Christmas To You
Have a very merry Christmas and a wonderful and safe Holiday. I am grateful, thankful and humbled by your support.
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December 24, 2020
2020 Annual Year End Review On My Inner Circle Podcast
No guest on the podcast this week, but I will be taking my annual look back at how the music world changed in 2020. Even though the pandemic dominated the headlines, there was so much more that happened in the past year. We’ll cover: Some of the serious fires that shaped our year and our future The […]
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December 23, 2020
Help Is On The Way For US Music Venues As Congress Finally Helps Out
After months of negotiations, Congress finally agreed to a trillion dollar stimulus package that also included $15 billion for distressed music venues. The Save Our Stages act will provide relief for venues small and large that have been closed since March due to the pandemic. Although the bill has not yet been officially completed and […]
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December 18, 2020
The 3 Types Of Media, Producer Mark Plati Part 2, And Top 10 Audio Hardware Pieces On My Latest Podcast
My guest on the podcast this week is Mark Plati, who worked with a wide range of major artists including Prince, David Bowie, Janet Jackson, Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac, the Bee Gees, The Cure and many others. In Part 1, which was Episode #338, we talked about we talked about working with Prince and Bowie, music for theater, following […]
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December 16, 2020
3 Tools To Help Boost Your Music Career In 2021
One of the great things about the time we live in is that there’s a constant stream of new apps released to help an artist’s creativity and marketing. It can take some time to sort through them all that are available, but here are 3 that I think are worth checking out for some boost […]
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December 15, 2020
Most Music Creators Make Less Than $270 Per Year From Streaming, But That’s Normal
A survey by The Ivors Academy and Musicians’ Union in the UK found that 82% of their music creators are making less that 200£ (or $270) from streaming music each year. This is despite the fact that the major record labels have claimed to have earned about $4.4 billion dollars so far this year. There were […]
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December 11, 2020
Apple Music Prices, Super Hi-Fi CEO Zack Zalon, Production Relief From Congress On My Latest Podcast
My guest on the podcast this week is Zack Zalon who started his music business career as the general manager of the legendary Troubadour club in Los Angeles. Soon after Zack became president of Virgin Digital, and then managing partner of We See Dragons, an agency designing digital platforms for clients like National Geographic, Comcast, Citibank and more. […]
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December 9, 2020
Forget 1000 True Fans. How About Only 1?
In 2008 Kevin Kelly wrote an article in Wired that influenced music marketing forever. The concept was that 1000 true fans are enough to sustain any career, since they’ll buy anything an artist puts forward. If you could make just $100 from each fan, then you could gross $100,000, which most musicians would be happy […]
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December 8, 2020
New Cue Sheet Standards Should Make Composers More Money
Music composers for any kind of broadcast medium know how important cue sheets are. They’re the lifeblood of your royalty stream, but the problem is that it all depends on how they’re filled out. If there’s an entry mistake, it’s entirely possible that either you’ll be paid less than you should or maybe even not […]
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December 4, 2020
AI-Driven A&R, Miles Copeland Part 2, And Deep Fake Vocals On My Latest Podcast
There’s more behind-the-scenes music business stories with former Police and Sting manger Ian Copeland, the guest on the podcast this week. Ian also created IRS Records, which was at the forefront of punk and New Wave as the home of bands like REM, The Bangles, Dead Kennedys, The Go Gos, and many others. In part 2 of […]
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December 3, 2020
Spotify Created a Plagiarism Detector That Could Change Songwriting Forever
No one wants their song ripped off without credit, but songwriters will tell you that coming up with something totally original is getting harder and harder. That’s because Western music is limited to a 12 note scale, which makes the note combinations, especially the ones that we find pleasing, somewhat limited. No matter which side […]
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December 1, 2020
Spotify Testing Its Own Version Of Stories This Holiday Season
The Stories feature is a big hit on multiple social networks and it looks like Spotify is now rolling out its own version. In what is acknowledged as a test, the company unveiled a Christmas Hits story (see the image above) featuring a slew of Holiday songs. If Stories are fully rolled out in the […]
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